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Huang, J.* ; Warner, L.R. ; Sanchez, C. ; Gabel, F.* ; Madl, T. ; Mackereth, C.D. ; Sattler, M. ; Blackledge, M.J.*

Transient electrostatic interactions dominate the conformational equilibrium sampled by multidomain splicing factor U2AF65: A combined NMR and SAXS study.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 7068-7076 (2014)
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Multidomain proteins containing intrinsically disordered linkers exhibit large-scale dynamic modes that play key roles in a multitude of molecular recognition and signaling processes. Here, we determine the conformational space sampled by the multidomain splicing factor U2AF65 using complementary nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and small-angle scattering data. Available degrees of conformational freedom are initially stochastically sampled and experimental data then used to delineate the potential energy landscape in terms of statistical probability. The spatial distribution of U2AF65 conformations is found to be highly anisotropic, comprising significantly populated interdomain contacts that appear to be electrostatic in origin. This hypothesis is supported by the reduction of signature PREs reporting on expected interfaces with increasing salt concentration. The described spatial distribution reveals the complete spectrum of the unbound forms of U2AF65 that coexist with the small percentage of a preformed RNA-bound domain arrangement required for polypyrimidine-tract recognition by conformational selection. More generally, the proposed approach to describing conformational equilibria of multidomain proteins can be further combined with other experimental data that are sensitive to domain dynamics.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Intrinsically Disordered Proteins; Residual Dipolar Couplings; Nuclear-magnetic-resonance; Auxiliary Factor U2af(65); Cytochrome-c Peroxidase; Small-angle Scattering; Rna-binding Domains; X-ray-scattering; Structural Basis; Biological Macromolecules
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0002-7863
e-ISSN 1520-5126
Journal Journal of the American Chemical Society
Quellenangaben Volume: 136, Issue: 19, Pages: 7068-7076 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher American Chemical Society (ACS)
Publishing Place Washington
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Structural Biology (STB)